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Per Krafft, portrait of Ignacy Krasicki, ca. 1767, oil on canvas, National Museum in Warsaw
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Ignacy Krasicki

ID: OS-009897-P/189973

Ignacy Krasicki

First name:

Ignacy

Last Name:

Krasicki

Middle name:

Błażej Franciszek

Parents:

Jan Boży Krasicki i Anna Starzechowska

Crest:

Rogala

Date of birth:

03-02-1735

Place of birth:

Dubiecko, pow. przemyski

Date of death:

14-03-1801

Place od death:

Berlin

Age:

66

Profession:

poet, novelist, publicist, Bishop

Honours and awards:

Order Świętego Stanisława (1767), Order Orła Białego (1774), Order Orła Czarnego (1798), Order Orła Czerwonego (1798)

Biography:

Ignacy Błażej Franciszek Krasicki (1735-1801), born in Dubiecko, son of Jan Bozy Krasicki and Anna Starzechowska, clergyman, poet and prose writer, leading representative of the Polish Enlightenment. Bishop of Warmia (1767), Archbishop of Gniezno and Primate of Poland (1795). Author of the first Polish novel 'Mikołaj Doświadczyński przypadki', fables, satires and heroicomic poems. Creator of the encyclopaedia "Zbiór potrzebniejszych wiadomości" ("A collection of more necessary information") (1781). Friend of King Stanisław August Poniatowski, participant of Thursday dinners. Decorated with the Order of the White Eagle and the Order of St Stanislaus. Buried in Gniezno Cathedral.

Publication:

27.03.2025

Last updated:

06.04.2025
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Per Krafft, portrait of Ignacy Krasicki, ca. 1767, oil on canvas, National Museum in Warsaw

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